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Prosperous economy following WWI. Everyone has money it seems
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Harding beats Cox for the presidency
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Becomes president after Harding dies in office.
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Long period of time of poverty following the roaring twenties
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Post war prosperity ends with the stock market crash of 1929. begins the Great Depression
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FDR is inaugurated for the first time
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Social Security is passed as part of the New Deal in order to secure pensions for retired citizens
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FDR is inaugurated once again
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The Manhattan project is started
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The US remains neutral after Germany invades Poland and Great Britain declares war.
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Japan launches a bombing on the American naval base in Hawaii named Pearl Harbor and the US declares war on Japan.